juliet greco

jake: 'you don't like paris?'

young woman: 'no.'

jake: 'why don't you go somewhere else?'

young woman: 'there isn't anywhere else.'

the beloved french singer, juliette greco was a friend of artist jean cocteau and wife of actor michel piccoli. she was chosen to play 'a young woman' in the film of hemingway's 'the sun also rises.' juliet is one of the artists most associated with the post war bohemian neighborhood of paris called 'saint germain des pres.'

color photo: as 'a young woman.' her clothing was meant to imply that she was a prostitute.